The absolute best way to avoid taxes is not earn income.  

Jumping deep into real estate investing and looking to connect with real player— investors, buyers, and deal-makers. Based in Santa Monica, focused on out-of-state markets with strong growth.

Not here for sales pit...

To markets where you’ll gain long term tax free wealth. 

@tom shallcross summarized this well in another post and just inflate your numbers up for a $665k purchase price and $2300/mo per unit for rent.Borrow 80% which is like $3700/mo for Principal, Interest, Taxes, and Insurance.

The 15% tax hit is a one time expense, versus 4.3% is annual interest.

Could VRBO users from Michigan provide some clarity about the topic of sales tax/lodging tax collection and payment to the state.

I am trying to build a nice little next egg first then move onto rentals. 

Your local county/city has most likely adopted the international building code as most do.  

No one accountant is an expert in all areas in the tax code, so best to figure out what you want first in the world of real estate and then dive deeper there. 

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